On Friday I went and saw Prometheus 3D at Vue Cinema, Festival Place, Basingstoke.
This movie had a lot of hype attached to it, originally the movie was going to be a prequel to the Alien movies, but the Ridley Scott decided this was just to be a movie set in the same universe as those movies.
The Wayland Corporation finance an expedition to the distant moon LV-223 after archeologists discover identical star maps from several different otherwise unconnected ancient civilisations.
They hope to find the creators of humankind, however what they do find...is something that could totally destroy it if it gets chance to escape.
The movie was great, lots of action and it adds more to the history of the Xenomorphs (you get to see a early evolution on the facehugger and and the fully grown alien) which is quite interesting, although the movie does leave things open for a sequel to this movie.
Prometheus certainly lived up to the hype in my opinion (a rare thing these days) and although the 3D wasn't really that good it didn't detract from the enjoyment I got from watching this movie.
Prometheus is rated 15, in 2D and 3D and in cinemas now.
Saturday 9 June 2012
Men In Black III
This week I went to see Men In Black III at the Odeon Cinema in Basingstoke.
In the third instalment of the MIB franchise, an old enemy of K has escaped from a prison on the moon and goes back in time and erases him from history and it's up to J to time jump and save his partner and prevent the World being conquered.
If you like the Men In Black franchise, then you should like this...however as much as I'm a fan I just felt like this movie was made just for the sake of money, especially in 3D (which I didn't see the point of whatsoever). Sure there were some funny bits and bits which explain more about the J's father, but I just don't feel like it was a good movie in the franchise and I hope this is where it stops.
Men In Black III is in 2D and 3D, rated PG and in cinemas now.
In the third instalment of the MIB franchise, an old enemy of K has escaped from a prison on the moon and goes back in time and erases him from history and it's up to J to time jump and save his partner and prevent the World being conquered.
If you like the Men In Black franchise, then you should like this...however as much as I'm a fan I just felt like this movie was made just for the sake of money, especially in 3D (which I didn't see the point of whatsoever). Sure there were some funny bits and bits which explain more about the J's father, but I just don't feel like it was a good movie in the franchise and I hope this is where it stops.
Men In Black III is in 2D and 3D, rated PG and in cinemas now.
Tuesday 15 May 2012
The Traveler
Netflix has quite a mishmash of movies on there (and finally us UK users are getting a bit of a wider selection) and recently I noticed The Traveler. I looked at the details and people really slammed the movie saying it was truly awful...but it intrigued me and I wanted to see if the movie was that bad.
The movie is about a man who wanders into a police station on Christmas Eve and confesses to committing murders, although unbeknownst to the police officers they have not happened...yet. He gets interrogated and he says his name is Nobody...and starts his confessions. Each time he confesses to a murder, one of the officers in the station dies....because they all share a secret.
The movie wasn't the greatest, but by no means was it as awful as people have tried to make out. Sure, it was certainly staying in the realms of b-movie fare, the script was cheesy,the gore was a little over the top and the ending was more than a little lame...but there is an interesting twist and Val Kilmer's performace as Nobody was interesting and a little creepy.
The Traveler is rated 18 and available on DVD now.
The movie is about a man who wanders into a police station on Christmas Eve and confesses to committing murders, although unbeknownst to the police officers they have not happened...yet. He gets interrogated and he says his name is Nobody...and starts his confessions. Each time he confesses to a murder, one of the officers in the station dies....because they all share a secret.
The movie wasn't the greatest, but by no means was it as awful as people have tried to make out. Sure, it was certainly staying in the realms of b-movie fare, the script was cheesy,the gore was a little over the top and the ending was more than a little lame...but there is an interesting twist and Val Kilmer's performace as Nobody was interesting and a little creepy.
The Traveler is rated 18 and available on DVD now.
Sunday 29 April 2012
Avengers Assemble (3D)
This week I went to see Avengers Assemble in 3D at Vue Cinema, Festival Place, Basingstoke.
Over the last few years, Marvel have been producing some really good movies...The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger...all these movies were leading up to this. If you watched during/after the movie credits, you had little snippets involving SHIELD and teases about the Avengers Initiative.
The story brings together the mightiest of Marvel's superheroes..The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye under the watchful eye (no pun intended) of Nick Fury. The heroes are assembled as the Avengers Initiative, as a defence against the largest threats against the World.
The Avengers enemy is demigod Loki, who opens a portal to allow creatures to invade the planet so he can be come supreme ruler of Earth. At first the heroes fight against each other as Loki planned (Dr Banner says "We're not a team. We're a time bomb!") and that allows the invasion to go ahead.
Can the superheroes get together in save to save Earth? Damn straight they can...but how much of the Earth will be left?
The movie was a great watch, and had some great comedy moments, some touching moments, and of course a moral message (that teamwork is a good thing) and a great movie that Marvel/action/superhero fans will enjoy....and of course look out for the obligatory Stan Lee cameo and tease during the movie credits.
Joss Whedon has done a great story, and has truly redeemed himself after the absolute dross that was The Cabin In The Woods...this seems to be the kind of movie/realm that he works in best.
The movie was made 3D in post production, so this was not as good as it could have been...I know there are plenty of people who will be perfectly happy with the 3D, but most of the movie is "flat" and I wish that they would stop doing this. If you are going to make a movie 3D then actually film it in 3D, it makes all the difference.
Avengers Assemble is in cinemas now, you can see it in 2D or 3D and is rated 12A.
Over the last few years, Marvel have been producing some really good movies...The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger...all these movies were leading up to this. If you watched during/after the movie credits, you had little snippets involving SHIELD and teases about the Avengers Initiative.
The story brings together the mightiest of Marvel's superheroes..The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye under the watchful eye (no pun intended) of Nick Fury. The heroes are assembled as the Avengers Initiative, as a defence against the largest threats against the World.
The Avengers enemy is demigod Loki, who opens a portal to allow creatures to invade the planet so he can be come supreme ruler of Earth. At first the heroes fight against each other as Loki planned (Dr Banner says "We're not a team. We're a time bomb!") and that allows the invasion to go ahead.
Can the superheroes get together in save to save Earth? Damn straight they can...but how much of the Earth will be left?
The movie was a great watch, and had some great comedy moments, some touching moments, and of course a moral message (that teamwork is a good thing) and a great movie that Marvel/action/superhero fans will enjoy....and of course look out for the obligatory Stan Lee cameo and tease during the movie credits.
Joss Whedon has done a great story, and has truly redeemed himself after the absolute dross that was The Cabin In The Woods...this seems to be the kind of movie/realm that he works in best.
The movie was made 3D in post production, so this was not as good as it could have been...I know there are plenty of people who will be perfectly happy with the 3D, but most of the movie is "flat" and I wish that they would stop doing this. If you are going to make a movie 3D then actually film it in 3D, it makes all the difference.
Avengers Assemble is in cinemas now, you can see it in 2D or 3D and is rated 12A.
Friday 13 April 2012
The Cabin In The Woods
Today I went to Vue Cinema, Festival Place, Basingstoke to see the movie The Cabin In The Woods.
The movie is about a group of people who go to a desolate place to unwind and have a good time...but all the while they are being watched and manipulated by people who are using them for a higher purpose...
I went into the cinema expecting good things of this movie, but to be honest it really was not to great a movie and despite a few clever bits a lot of it was highly predictable and to be honest quite boring. It had a little gore in it and some funny bits it in too, but it didn't save it. The ending was quite lame too.
Personally, I don't really recommend this movie very much...but I'm sure there are some people out there who will like it.
The Cabin In The Woods is rated 15 and in UK cinemas now.
The movie is about a group of people who go to a desolate place to unwind and have a good time...but all the while they are being watched and manipulated by people who are using them for a higher purpose...
I went into the cinema expecting good things of this movie, but to be honest it really was not to great a movie and despite a few clever bits a lot of it was highly predictable and to be honest quite boring. It had a little gore in it and some funny bits it in too, but it didn't save it. The ending was quite lame too.
Personally, I don't really recommend this movie very much...but I'm sure there are some people out there who will like it.
The Cabin In The Woods is rated 15 and in UK cinemas now.
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